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  Gary Petersen

Studio:
The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Studio Center
323 west 39th Street, #403
New York, NY 10018
732-742-4477

b. Staten Island, New York

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010 Jancar Gallery, "Gary Petersen", Los Angeles, California.

2005 Michael Steinberg Fine Art, “Colossal Youth”, New York, New York.

2004 Fusebox, “Something Like Paradise”, Washington, D.C.

2002 Genovese/Sullivan Gallery, “Gary Petersen: New Work”, Boston, Massachusetts.

1999 Genovese/Sullivan Gallery, “Gary Petersen: New Paintings and Drawings”, Boston, Massachusetts.

1992 White Columns, “White Room Exhibition”, New York, New York.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010Hofstra University,"Color-Time-Space",
Hempstead, New York.
Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, "Paper Works", Brooklyn, New York.

2009Geoffrey Young Gallery, "Cashish", Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
Triple Candie, "EyeWorld", New York, New York curated by Emily Cheng and Michelle Loh.
Jen Bekman Gallery, "Mixtape", New York, New York.
Geoffrey Young Gallery, "The Great Impression", Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
Lohin-Geduld Gallery/Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, “Color, Time and Space”, New York, New York and Brooklyn, New York.
Projex Mtl Galerie, "Summer, Summer", Montreal, Canada.
Wunderarts, “Out of Sight”, Amherst, Massachusetts.
Bushwick Open Studios, “Fortress To Solitude”, Brooklyn, New York curated by Guillermo Creus.
Geoffrey Young Gallery, “Garish”, Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
McKenzie Fine Art, "Linear Abstraction", New York, New York.

2008Adelphi University, "Chroma", Garden City, Long Island.
Jan Colle Gallery, "Transmold", Ghent, Belgium.
Geoffrey Young Gallery, "Exquisitude",
Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
Jeff Bailey/Andrea Meislin Galleries, "It's Gouache and Gouache Only",New York, New York, curated by Geoffrey Young.

2007Metaphor Contemporary Art, "Punchbowl",Brooklyn, NY.
Grand Bazaar, "Kuf_Mold", Istanbul, Turkey, curated by Suzan Batu and Bill Doherty.
EFA Gallery, "Horizon",New York, New York, curated by David Humphrey

2006Lesley Heller Gallery, "Winter Show", New York, New York.

2005 Dinaburg Arts, “Fall Vernissage 2005”,New York,NewYork.

2004 Metaphor Contemporary Art, “Breathing Space”, Brooklyn, New York.
Shelbourne Ballroom, “Starlight”, Michael Steinberg Fine
Art, Miami, Florida.
Hunterdon Museum of Art, “Gifts from the RCIPP”,
Clinton, New Jersey.
W52, “hot + cool * summer”, New York, New York,
curated by Mary Dinaburg.
Michael Steinberg Fine Art, “ in polytechnicolor”, New
York, New York.
PlusUltra Gallery, “all the roses that were ever painted”,
Brooklyn, New York.
Pierce College, “Oh!”, Woodland Hills, California, curated
by MeryLynn McCorkle.
Genovese/Sullivan Gallery, “Group Show”, Boston,
Massachussetts.

2003 Fusebox, “Art Positions/Art Basel”, Miami, Florida.
Byron C. Cohen Gallery, “Inventory”, Kansas City,
Missouri.
Im n Il Gallery, “hello franklin”, Brooklyn, New York.

2002 Fusebox, “Artpoint Art Fair”, Miami, Florida.
Fusebox, “Chromophilia”, Washington, D.C.

2001 Frederieke Taylor Gallery, “Humanoid”, New York, New York.
Bucheon Gallery, “Minimal To Excess”, San Francisco,
California.
Schweinfurth Art Center, "Metro-North", Auburn, New
York.
Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, “Abstract”, New York, New
York.
Im n Il Gallery, “Between: Peter Coe, David Henderson,
Gary Petersen”, Brooklyn, New York.
Goliath Gallery, “Ripe and Hazy”, Brooklyn, New York.
Diverse Works, “Humanoid”, Houston, Texas.

2000 Catherine Moore Gallery, “Winter Paper”, New York, New York.
Yerba Center for the Arts, “The Pierogi Flat Files”, San
Francisco, California.
Raritan Valley Community College, “The Portrait in the
New Millennium”, Somerville, New Jersey.
Genovese/Sullivan Gallery, “Abstraction”, Boston,
Massachussetts.
Jay Grimm Gallery, “Abstract Paintings on Paper”, New
York, New York.

1999 Im n Il Gallery,” Out of Y2K”, Brooklyn, New York.
The Workspace, “Skintight”, New York, New York.
Genovese/Sullivan Gallery, “The Big Picture”, Boston,
Massachussetts.
Vedanta Gallery, “Humanoid”, Chicago. Illinois.

1998 The Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, “New Island Views”, Staten Island, New York.
Raritan Valley Community Center, “Unnatural Selection”,
Somerville, New Jersey.
White Box Gallery, “Fashioned”, New York, New York.
Islip Art Museum, “Brite Magic”, East Islip, New York.
Visual Arts Museum, “After School”, New York, New
York, curated by Klaus Kertess.
Hopper Art House Center, “Gary Petersen and John
Rosis”, Nyack, New York.

1997 Gasworks, “New York Drawers”, Pierogi Gallery Flatfiles, London, England.
Seton Hall University Law School, “Painting Still
Happens”, Newark, New Jersey.
Jeffrey Coploff Gallery, “Sizzle”, New York, New York.

1994 Trans Hudson Gallery, “Jersey Fresh”, Jersey City, New Jersey.
E.S. Van Dam Gallery, “Remotion”, New York, New York.

1993 Islip Art Museum, “Zoo Extracts”, East Islip, New York.
The American Academy of Arts and Letters, “The
American Academy Invitational Exhibition of
Painting and Sculpture”, New York, New York.

1992 Valencia College, “The Forceful Gesture”, Orlando, Florida.
White Columns, “Update 1992”, New York, New York.
Marymount Manhattan College, “An Obscure Object To
Desire”, New York, New York.

AWARDS

2003 Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper,
Fellowship Award, Rutgers University, New
Brunswick, New Jersey.

2002 New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Painting
Fellowship Award, Trenton, New Jersey.

1993 New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Painting
Fellowship Award, Trenton, New Jersey.

1988 Edward F. Albee Foundation, Visual Arts Fellowship, New York, New York.

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Johnson and Johnson Corporation, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Saks Fifth Avenue, New York, New York.
Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, New Jersey.
Hunterdon Museum, Clinton, New Jersey.
Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Morris Museum, Morristown, New Jersey.
Trenton Museum, Trenton, New Jersey.

EDUCATION

The School of Visual Arts, M.F.A.
The Pennsylvania State University, B.S.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2007 Maine, Stephen. "A Wild Horizon", The New York Sun, Gallery Going, July 5, 2007, Section II, p.15&p.20.
2006 Maine, Stephen. “Gary Petersen at Michael Steinberg”, Art in America, Review of Exhibitions, April, 2006,
no. 4: p. 160

2005 Johnson, Ken. “Julie Langsam:’From Here To Modernity” and Gary Petersen:‘Colossal Youth’. The New York
Times, The Listings, December 2, 2005: section B, p.27

2004 Johnson, Ken. “Hot + Cool*Summer”. The New York Times, Art Guide, August 6, 2004: section E, p.34

2003 Trafton, Robin. “Taking Stock of Multiculturalism”, The Kansas City Star”, Preview Section, July 25, 2003 p.31
New American Paintings: Mid-Atlantic Edition, Open
Studio Press, Boston, MA, number 45, May 2003.

2002 Temin, Christine. “Critics Picks”, Boston Globe, Weekend: Galleries, April 12, 2002 p.C18.
McQuaid, Cate. “Gary Petersen: Recent Work”, The
Boston Globe, Weekend: Galleries, April 19, 2002
p.C20.
Dixon, Glenn. “Batchelor Boys”, Washington City Paper,
February 8, 2002 p. 50.

2001 Volk, Gregory. Humanoid. (Catalogue), Diverse Works Art Space, Houston, Texas.

2000 Wilkin, Karen. “At the Galleries”, Partisan Review 2, Spring 2000: p. 293
Karlins, N.F.. “Drawing Notebook: What’s New”
Artnet.com Magazine, February, 2000.

1999 Sherman, Mary. “Southend ready for Really Big Shows”, Boston Sunday Herald, July 11, 1999: p. 49.
McQuaid, Cate. “Gary Petersen: New Paintings and
Drawings”, The Boston Globe, June 3, 1999:
section E. p.1